How to package a Python application for different OSs (e.g. sublimetext)

[roosevelt]

Hi,

 

Currently, the applications I code in Python requires the user to have Python installed on their machine and run my Python applications using the terminal or via a .bat/.sh executable. But I noticed that the popular text editor SublimeText is coded in Python and the installer itself doesn't include the Python interpreter. So, how does a Python coded application like SublimeText work on a fresh windows installation that does not come with Python pre-installed? :/

 

Am I overlooking something?

 

Thanks

[snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member]

It's just packaged using something like pyinstaller or another packager. I think we talked about these briefly in another posting a few months ago  :)

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[roosevelt]

It's just packaged using something like pyinstaller or another packager. I think we talked about these briefly in another posting a few months ago  :)

 

Hi... I think so. I was assuming that something like Pyinstaller would still require Python installed on the users computer. But it seems like that is not necessarily the case. I am going to try one of them out and see how it turns out. Basically I don't want my users to go through the trouble of installing Python or deal with the nightmares of Python 2.7 vs Python 3, etc...

[snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member]

Hi... I think so. I was assuming that something like Pyinstaller would still require Python installed on the users computer. But it seems like that is not necessarily the case. I am going to try one of them out and see how it turns out. Basically I don't want my users to go through the trouble of installing Python or deal with the nightmares of Python 2.7 vs Python 3, etc...

Yup, it isn't the case. You should be able to do it relatively fine on Windows. Just make sure to use a 32 bit distribution of python so it works everywhere